Drafter

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Job purpose

The Drafter is responsible for transforming conceptual sketches from engineers, architects, and designers into 2D and 3D models.

Duties and responsibilities

• Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) software to create full-scale and detailed designs.
• Maintain deadlines, goals, and production standards set by the department.
• Collaborate with the design team to review drawings and designs, making adjustments to drawings according to feedback from engineers.
• Present working drawings for use in all stages of the project, tender, manufacture/construction and installation
• Maintain deadlines, goals, and production standards set by the department.
• Interpret structural calculations, sketches, and redlined markups from engineers and translate them into accurate construction documents.
• Develop and maintain structural drawing sets through schematic design, design development, permit submittal, and construction phases.
• Prepare detailed structural plans, sections, elevations, schedules, and connection details in accordance with firm drafting standards.
• Coordinate structural drawings with architectural, civil, and MEP disciplines to ensure alignment and minimize conflicts.
• Assist in the preparation of permit packages and respond to plan review comments under the direction of the project engineer.
• Update drawings to reflect design revisions, addenda, and field modifications throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintain file organization, version control, and drawing archives within company project management systems.
• Support Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes and maintain model integrity when applicable.
• Develop standard details, drafting templates, and drawing libraries to improve efficiency and consistency across projects.
• Review drawings for completeness, dimensional accuracy, and compliance with internal quality control standards prior to issuance.
• Incorporate manufacturer data, shop drawings, and engineered components into project drawing sets as directed.
• Assist with preparation of structural detail sheets for foundations, framing systems, tilt-up panels, wood framing, steel connections, and specialty systems.
• Provide drafting support during construction administration, including revisions, clarification sketches, and as-built documentation updates.
• Participate in internal coordination meetings and project reviews to ensure alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Maintain proficiency in CAD, BIM, and structural drafting software through ongoing training and professional development.
• Assist engineers with quantity takeoffs, layout planning, and basic structural detailing tasks as assigned.
• Ensure drawings meet jurisdictional standards and formatting requirements for permitting and approval.

Working conditions

? The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

? The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard above the ambient noise level.

? The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.

Direct reports

Drafters report directly to the engineering team and COO along with our principal team members.

Requirements:

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in drafting or related field.
• Autodesk Certified Professional (AutoCD) required.
• Autodesk Certified Professional (Revit) required.
• Certified SolidWorks Associate/Professional (CSWA / CSWP) requires
• 2+ years of experience in CAD design.
• Extensive knowledge of architectural drafting tools.

Physical requirements

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist. This
• factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at the knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

Kingdom Structural LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and strictly prohibits any type of harassment or discrimination in regard to race, religion, age, color, sex, disability status, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender expression, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, and/or local laws.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of Kingdom Structural LLC to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Human Resources.

Your employment with Kingdom Structural LLC is on an at-will basis, meaning either you or the Company can terminate the employment relationship, at any time, for any or no reason, and with or without cause or notice. As an at-will employee, your employment with Kingdom Structural LLC is not guaranteed for any length of time.